Question:

65.1—What are we (the church) doing in heaven during the tribulation

 period?

65.1—Revelation 6-19 describes the events of the Tribulation and we do not read of the Church in those chapters. I think this shows that the Church is not on Earth during the Tribulation because the Tribulation is happening on Earth (Revelation 6:4) and the Church is not mentioned. The history of the Church is given in Revelation 2 and 3, and then in Revelation 4:1, “A door was opened in heaven” and a voice says, “Come up hither.” This call, I believe, indicates the rapture of the Church to heaven, since chapters 4 and 5 describe the activities of all believers in heaven and the Church is never again mentioned in Revelation as being on Earth.